Peace at last...

This week has been really nice weather-wise and it has reminded me of the one of the reasons I originally extended my stay in Kagoshima. (Although it was only supposed to be one year, and that was five years ago!!) I have been on the go constantly all week and it has been very fulfilling and I feel like my life has alot of purpose right now but I am a little knackered today. I was a total cranky pants this morning because Joey woke up at 6.30am and I was soooo not ready to be awake yet. In the end, I decided to take the opportunity to get up and make a bento for Daisuke. I don`t often make everything from scratch first thing in the morning but we didn`t have any ready-made frozen food or leftovers in the fridge as we had saba mirin for dinner last night so I ended up rustling up some cha-han, tamago-yaki and some random vegetable stuff. I also had a tofu hamburger in the freezer so microwaved that and stuck it in. He is totally going to complain about the lack of meat but that is his own fault for eating the last of the beef I had kept for his bento last night! LOL! ;-) I was kind of proud of myself for getting everything done before he had to be out the door at 7am. Joey has been really clingy this week. I think it is a phase but it is probably also because I have been very busy with work etc.. so he hasn`t had as much "mummy" time this week as he usually has. It is interesting to see his reactions as it is kind of an indicator of how he would react if we decided to have a second baby. Helping Jenn this week has made me realise that I am sooo not ready to take that step and I have alot of admiration for people who have kids in quick succession. I have no idea how they manage to keep all their balls in the air. I was really cranky this morning because Joey`s constant cries of "mummy, mummy" were driving me up the wall but then I felt kind of bad because he just wanted my attention!! We had a good morning once I snapped out of my crankiness though and then we took a long walk to my class, he played with my students, then we walked back and he was totally worn out so it only took 3/4 minutes for him to pass out once we walked back into our apartment. I am guessing he will sleep for a couple of hours which should give me some time to myself!!! I have alot of stuff to do but I am going to take it easy for a little while first!!! I went to the gym for the first time in a week yesterday and was disappointed by a complete lack of change in my stats. I have been feeling better and my clothes seem to be less tight but I don`t seem to have lost any weight whatsoever which was a little disheartening but I guess it has only been a couple of months and I should give it a bit more time (and eat less chocolate!!) before I give up completely. I had a cool idea for a blog post while I was driving around this week but I have totally forgotten what it was. I really need to buy myself a dictaphone for times like this! We don`t have any plans this weekend but having read Gina`s post about her fun visit to the aquarium, I am thinking I might try and talk Daisuke into taking a trip up to Takachiho bokujo (farm) as we have never been up there and I think Joey would enjoy it. Of course, that depends on the weather over the weekend but I am hoping it will stay nice. Tuesday is our wedding anniversary so I think it might be kind of nice to celebrate early by doing something fun over the weekend.